Executive Summary

Fixes a potential null pointer dereference in the AMD DRM display driver’s state release routine, preventing kernel crashes or denial‑of‑service conditions when a dc_state is unexpectedly NULL.

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Authoritative CVE Metadata - CVSS Base Score: 5.5 (MEDIUM) - Published: 2024-05-01T06:15:10.757 - Last Modified: 2026-10-03T11:17:29.810

Original Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amd/display: Add a dc_state NULL check in dc_state_release

[How] Check wheather state is NULL before releasing it.

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